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REMINISCENSE (2017)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, OGURI Shun, EMOTO Tasuku
This drama reunites director Fururhata Yasuo with cameraman Kimura Daisaku, the team behind the hit film Poppoya: Railroad Man, for the first time in nine years. The fates of three childhood friends are upended when a murder incident reunites them fo...
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Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
- Director
- HAGIWARA Kentaro
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, SHIMIZU Fumika
The live-action adaptation of Ishida Sui's popular comic 'Tokyo Ghoul' which depicts the struggle between flesh eating beings, Ghouls, and humanity. Kubota Masataka from HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE gives a good performance as the conflicted university student...
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A Beautiful Star (2017)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- Lily Franky, KAMENASHI Kazuya, HASHIMOTO Ai
Unique science fiction film based on Mishima Yukio's 1962 novel. With the substitution of the social issues from that era like the Cold War and nuclear weapons to the contemporary themes of energy and climate change, it is an epic tragicomedy directe...
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Kamen Rider 1 (2016)
- Director
- KANEDA Osamu
- Cast
- FUJIOKA Hiroshi, OHSUGI Ren, NISHIME Shun
Commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Masked Rider series, the very first actor to play the Masked Rider, Fujioka Hiroshi, returns to the role after 44 years. He is joined by other Masked Riders such as Masked Rider Ghost. 45 years ago Hongo Tak...
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Manga-jima: The Island of Cartoon (2016)
- Director
- MORIYA Fumio
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, MORIYA Fumio, MATSUURA Yuya
A unique film depicting manga creators with a passion for manga trying to survive on a remote island of a distant sea. Moriya Fumio, the screenwriter of The Woodsman and the Rain among others, makes his feature-length directorial debut. On a remote ...
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TOKYO BOYS COLLECTION episode 1 (2016)
- Director
- TERANISHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Kazuki, NAGAO Mariya, ICHIKI Rena
Pure-hearted romance about a high school boy going after his dreams with a plotline involving the Tokyo Boys Collection, Japan's top men's fashion and music event. Directed by Teranishi Kazuhiro of Actress and Shinjuku Midnight Baby. Ikki (Nishimura...
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Good Bye, Talking Dog (2016)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Madoka
- Cast
- TSUMIKI Miho, TAJIMA Reiko, MASHIMA Hidekazu
Humorous drama about the frustrations of a struggling actress who tries to balance her career with the needs of her senile mother. Feature film debut from Kumagai Madoka, who directed the short film Hakko. Reiko (Tsumiki Miho) teaches at an acting s...
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Gekijyoban Ultraman orb Kizuna no chikara okari shimasu! (2017)
- Director
- TAGUCHI Kiyotaka
- Cast
- ISHIGURO Hideo, MATSUURA Miyabi, TAKAHASHI Naoto
The theatrical version of Tsuburuya Productions' TOKUSATSU TV series "Ultraman Orb" (2016). The movie is directed by Kiyotaka Taguchi (Ultraman X The Movie/Ultraman Orb series) and features Gai Kurenai (ISHIGURO Hideo), the humanoid of Ultraman Orb....
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BRING ON THE MELODY! (2017)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- SATO Shori, HASHIMOTO Kanna, TSUNEMATSU Yuri
Teenage drama about a high school girl and boy who are childhood friends as they rebuild a brass band club on the verge of dissolution and struggle to make it into a competition. Directed by Ichii Masahide, whose film {Naked of Defenses} was screened...
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SENIOR MAN (2017)
- Director
- YOSHINO Mamoru
- Cast
- MINE Rantaro, TANAKA Yoji, YUI Masayuki
One film from the "2016 ndcj: New Directions in Japanese Cinema" project which aims to revitalize Japanese cinema by discovering and cultivating the next generation of young directors. It is directed by Yoshino Mamoru, who served as an assistant dire...
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We are Shooting (2017)
- Director
- YABUSHITA Raita
- Cast
- ITO Sairi, HAGIWARA Minori, KAKU Tomohiro
One film from the "2016 ndcj: New Directions in Japanese Cinema" project which aims to revitalize Japanese cinema by discovering and cultivating the next generation of young directors. It is directed by Yabushita Raita whose I'm an Artist was quite p...
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Punked Out (2017)
- Director
- MEGURO Keita
- Cast
- KAMEDA Yuki, MATSUYAMA Airi, TARUMI Keisuke
One film from the "2016 ndcj: New Directions in Japanese Cinema" project which aims to revitalize Japanese cinema by discovering and cultivating the next generation of young directors. It is directed by Meguro Keita who has been involved in writing s...
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Johnny's Day Off (2017)
- Director
- SHINTANI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KANAI Yuta, KAWAZOE Noa, OTSUKA Chihiro
One film from the "2016 ndcj: New Directions in Japanese Cinema" project which aims to revitalize Japanese cinema by discovering and cultivating the next generation of young directors. It is directed by is Shintani Hiroyuki whose short film, Razor, w...
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WHITE-T AND FEEBLE THINGS (2017)
- Director
- KIM Yunsu
- Cast
- Mihiro, SAKURAI Yuki, Hannya
One film from the "2016 ndcj: New Directions in Japanese Cinema" project which aims to revitalize Japanese cinema by discovering and cultivating the next generation of young directors. It is directed by is Kim Yunsu of Bye Bye Marrano. Takara (Mihir...
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Saki (2017)
- Director
- ONUMA Yuichi
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, ASAKAWA Nana, HIROTA Aika
Teenage drama about high school girls who devote themselves to competitive mahjong. Refreshing portrayal of friendship and the girls confronting their main rivals as they strive to reach the national championships. Four schools face off in the final...
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GUKOROKU - TRACES OF SIN (2017)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Ishikawa Kei makes his feature film directorial debut with this mystery that delves into the "true nature of human beings." A year has gone by without any progress on the Tako family's murder, in which an elite businessman, his beautiful and perfec...
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SYNCHRONIZER (2015)
- Director
- MANDA Kunitoshi
- Cast
- MANDA Yusuke, MIYAMOTO Natsu, FURUKAWA Hiromi
A thriller depicting the intricate madness and recklessness of a man obsessed with an unethical experiment and the woman who blindly loves him. In the director's chair is Manda Kunitoshi, whose Unloved was screened at the 54th Cannes International Fi...
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Bully School:Devil Full of Scars (2017)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Santa
- Cast
- ADACHI Rika, ENOSAWA Manami, Kayano
Drama about a high school girl whose life falls apart when she transfers to a school in the countryside and meets the girl who she used to bully. Director Yamagishi Santa also helmed Zenin Kataomoi. Mai (Adachi Rika) transfers from Tokyo to a high s...
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Kumanokara Romanesque (2016)
- Director
- TANAKA Chiseko
- Cast
- KAIBE Tsuyoshi, URAN Sakiko, SUZUKI Yayoi
Sequel to From Kumano about the Kumano area, focusing more on the feature film aspects of the work. Depicts enchantment into the world created in Orikuchi Nobuo's historical fantasy novel "The Book of the Dead." Tanaka Chiseko directed the first film...
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Great Mother Takiji Kobayashi's Motheｒ (2017)
- Director
- YAMADA Hisako
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, SHIOYA Shun, WATANABE Ikkei
Drama about the life of the mother of Hayashi Takiji, known for the proletarian novel {The Crab Cannery Ship}. Directed by Yamada Hisako of Bokyo no kane Manmo kaitakudan no rakujitsu. Seki (Terajima Shinobu) was born into an impoverished family in ...
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Jinrogame Lovers (2017)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- FURUHATA Seika, SASO Yuki, HIRATA Yuya
The fifth chapter in "The Werewolf Game" series about a game in which players with different roles must find out one another's intentions. Director Ayabe Shinya continues to portray the players engaged in a psychological warfare for survival as he di...
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Random Lives (2017)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SANO Shiro, EMOTO Akira, ADACHI Masao
A drama stressing the theme of "humans continue to live" by depicting various people being persecuted by unforeseen homicides and ill fortune. The life and death of characters from different time periods and circumstances are shown as connecting with...
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HAMON: YAKUZA BOOGIE (2017)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Syoutarou
- Cast
- SASAKI Kuranosuke, YOKOYAMA You, KITAGAWA Keiko
Film adaptation of Kurokawa Hiroyuki's Naoki Prize-winning novel. Depicts the travails of a yakuza and construction consultant who get ripped off and go after the conman. Directed by Kobayashi Syoutarou of Family Matters. Construction consultant Nin...
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SHINJUKU SWAN II (2017)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- AYANO Go, ASANO Tadanobu, ISEYA Yusuke
Set in Shinjuku's Kabuki-cho entertainment district, this is the continuing chapter of the drama depicting the life of a man who works as a scout for the after dark industries. Sono Sion, known for his radical characterizations in Cold Fish among oth...
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Yamikin dogs 5 (2016)
- Director
- MOTOKI Takashi
- Cast
- AOKI Tsunenori, SUGAWARA Daikichi, MITANI Kazue
Set in a violence and lust stained underworld, this is the fifth chapter in the "Yamikin Dogs" series which depicts various people flocking to money. Motoki Takashi continues on as director from the previous chapter. Sudo Tsukasa (Aoki Tsunenori) wo...
